Published date: 25 November 2024

Last edited date: 26 November 2024

This notice was replaced on 13 March 2025

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Future opportunity (published 13 March 2025, last edited 25 April 2025)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

OX11 0DF

Procurement reference

UKSAC24_0112

Published date

25 November 2024

Closing date

17 January 2025

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

**This notice was updated on the 26th November to add information on an additional procurement route - please ensure you refer to SDA RFI v2**

In 2024, UK Space Command, the Met Office and UKSA established the National Space Operations Centre. Space domain awareness - the ability to understand and respond to what is happening in space - underpins all space activities and is a critical requirement for delivering a wide range of UK civil and military space objectives.

NSpOC combines and coordinates civil and military space domain awareness capabilities to enable UK space operations and protect our interests in space and on Earth from space related threats, risks, and hazards. With a combined annual budget of over £20 million and approximately 70 civilian and military personnel, NSpOC plays a vital role in ensuring space remains safe, sustainable and accessible for all.

Our mission sets include:
• protecting and defending the UK's space interests
• missile warning
• uncontrolled re-entry early warning
• in-space collision avoidance
• fragmentation alerting and monitoring
• support to licence monitoring
• space weather notifications and advice

NSpOC is currently considering future requirements to maintain and develop its civil capabilities as set out in the Cross-Government Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Requirements Publication. UKSA wishes to test with the market its appetite to meet some of these requirements and is publishing this RFI alongside a draft Statement of Requirements.

If you believe this opportunity will be of interest to you or your organisation, please complete the questionnaire below by the closing date of Friday 17th January 2025 to commercial@ukspaceagency.gov.uk. Applicants can answer as many or as few questions as they feel are relevant to their organisation. Please note there is no template response form - you can structure your responses to the questions below as you see fit.

More information

Attachments

  • SDA RFI v2.pdf
  • Procurement plan
  • SDA Request for Information core document - please note this has been updated to version 2 as of 26/11/2024

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Laura Mason

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN21SZ
England

Telephone

07927584448

Email

commercial@ukspaceagency.gov.uk